One of the many giveaways during the Battlefield 4 Player Appreciation Month are the Shortcut Kits, voluntary bundles that will unlock various weapons for Battlefield 4 (the base game), allowing you to make up for lost time, or just catch up if you’re new to the game. The Shortcut Kits are now available for download at no cost for a limited time.

Battlefield 4 Premium members will get access to two special Shortcut Kits, on top of two other Shortcut Kits accessible to all Battlefield 4 owners. See below for the handout schedule.

How to claim your Shortcut Kits

Console Owner
Go to the in-game Store.
Either click on the Shortcut Kit banner or proceed to view “All Items”
Find the Shortcut Kit priced at $0
Premium users will also see a second Shortcut Kit priced at $0
Download each item to be granted your Shortcut Kit(s).

PC OwnerLogin to Battlelog
Go to the “Store” section.
Find the Shortcut Kit priced at $0.
Click “Download”.
Proceed through the Origin checkout flow to be granted your Shortcut Kit.

PC Owner (Battlefield 4 Premium Member)
Login to Battlelog.
Look in the “News” section for info on the Shortcut Giveaway.
Click on the “PREMIUM GIVEAWAY” button within the news story.
A success message will display in green at the top of Battlelog if successful.
You have now been granted the Shortcut Kit.

THIS OFFER IS BEING ISSUED TO YOU FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CREDIT, CHARGE, DEBIT OR GIFT CARD. BATTLEFIELD 4 PLAYER APPRECIATION MONTH IS FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2014 THROUGH MARCH 06, 2014 (“PROMOTION PERIOD”). REQUIRES BATTLEFIELD 4 (“PRODUCT”) ON APPLICABLE PLATFORM AND INTERNET CONNECTION TO ACCESS IN-GAME CONTENT. PC VERSION OF PRODUCT ALSO REQUIRES ORIGIN ACCOUNT, ACCEPTANCE OF THE ORIGIN END USER AGREEMENT AND INSTALLATION OF THE ORIGIN CLIENT SOFTWARE (WWW.ORIGIN.COM/ABOUT). YOU MUST BE 13+ TO REGISTER. BRONZE OR SILVER BATTLEPACKS ARE OFFERED DAILY DURING THE PROMOTION PERIOD FROM 12PM GMT/4AM PST TO 11:59AM GMT/3:59 AM PST THE NEXT DAY AND ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED WHEN YOU LOG INTO PRODUCT DURING THE DAILY TIME PERIOD. SHORTCUT BUNDLES ARE OFFERED FOR A WEEK-LONG PERIOD AND REQUIRE DOWNLOAD FROM EITHER WWW.ORIGIN.COM (FOR PC) OR HTTP://MARKETPLACE.XBOX.COM/ AND HTTPS://STORE.SONYENTERTAINMENTNETWORK.COM (FOR APPLICABLE CONSOLE VERSIONS) DURING THAT WEEKLY PERIOD. EA ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF SERVICE ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.EA.COM. SEE APPLICABLE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT AND DISCLOSURES ON WWW.EA.COM/1/PRODUCT-EULAS. VALID WHEREVER BATTLEFIELD 4 IS OFFERED. MUST BE 13+. CODE MAY NOT BE SUBSTITUTED, EXCHANGED, SOLD OR REDEEMED FOR CASH OR OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES. MAY NOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER, GIFT CARD, REBATE OR DISCOUNT COUPON. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, TAXED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.

found the solution for xbox one folks on re-downloading the February player appreciation shortcut kits for DMR and handgun. on the xbox one home page, highlight the BF4 tile and select the ‘options’ button (button on right with 3 horizontal lines). select ‘manage game’. if you scroll to the right of your BF4 DLCs, you will see the shortcut kits. Highlight the kit and select the ‘A’ button to bring up the menu to reinstall shortcut kit! Happy Hunting!

They have screwed over people by not stating that apparently they only use Greenwich Standard Time and not local time. That means, despite not mentioning it in the fine print and using an expanded time frame in their other promotions, you are out of luck. Nice job DICE, really bang up work there.

Dice/Origin, I have followed you instructions to claim my shortcuts for the Shotguns and the Grenades but they are not showing up in the In-Game Store. I did get the DMR and Pistol Shortcuts earlier but can not pull these two. I have also tried in the Sony Store. I use a PS3 console. Please help with my Customer Appreciation items.

I notice the time the post is submitted is 3-5-14. It is 3-4-14 and only 6pm. I have been trying for the last hour. I hope you can still provide me with a code or something to get these two Shortcut Kits.

Hi to all, im a Premium game player but i dont see the short cut to DMR or shotguns and i think my games faulty as all my clan have them but i do not or just cant find them, ive followed the instructions but my Premium game isnt showing me them as downloadable content for $0…

I was able to download the first to pack without incident. The Grenade Shortcut and Shotgun Shortcuts give me the dreaded XBOX Live 80153003 error. Everything else I download from XBOX Live is fine… HELP!!!!

….Also Dice/EA, in the future, with gifts like these, they should just appear in our weapons list and be available without having to go through hoops, click download buttons, go to EA Store to order it, just make it simple for us gamers, just add it to our inventory.

Premium member but missed the DMR shortcut. My fault, thought we would get a “notification” of some sort. I NOW see that I had to do it when made available during the week available. Humbly request you make it available again. Please. ;)

No offense, but what you are doing wrong is not reading the directions. The grenade and pistol shortcuts were/are available via origin store. The DMR and Shotgun kits for premium members were gifted via link in the Shortcut website. Please refer to the following.

Well that’s hit, I was never informed that it was a download! I’m premium and had no idea I had to download the shortcut from the store and now i’ve missed the DMR’s! Great! ffs urgh why did I even bother with Premium.

Yea, I just found out about this today. I kept checking for information on the shortcut kits, but I did not run across anything until today…Talk about a day late and a dollar short. Im premium…My experience with the game so far has been off and on, but why put a deadline on a shortcut. It’s a gift to premium members. If you were premium in Feb ( I have been Premium since the game launched) the shortcuts should remain downloadable. Why put it out there and take it away so quickly. I feel like a carrot has been placed before me only to get ripped away before I can take it. Very under handed and I am very disappointed in the way this has been handled… Poor form…

So I am a premium player on ps4 but I have not seen the shortcuts for either grenades or shotguns. I have both the pistol and dmr, and I have checked both the in-game store and psn,but all I can find for weapon shortcuts are the two expired shortcuts that I already have. I lov battlefield and always have. I understand that its a new game on a new console so there will be bugs and some glitches until things are tweeked. Iam not upset even though these issues can be frustrating. If anyone has any advise it would be much appreciated!Thanks!

I’m a premium member and this is for the Xbox One but when i downloaded these kits yesterday only the pistol shortcut worked the dmr shortcut kit won’t unlock any if the dmr guns. Has anyone else had this problem in Xbox one?

I can’t get the download to work at all. The checkout system is broken. I’m logged in to both origin and battlelog. Only once has the checkout window displayed my information. But it would not let me progress to the next window.

Pay to win? Most of the people who have been playing already have most (if not all) of these weapons unlocked already. I didn’t pay a dime. Sure people can pay to unlock the weapons, but they won’t have spent the time learning the game, meaning those of us who have spent the time actually have an advantage over them. I don’t think of BF as a pay-to-win at all.

Its listening to the cry babyy community that has messed this game up. People with no skill and not willing to learn the game wanting it easy, thats why theyve introduced all these noobs auto lock on weapons. Same with all the kids wanting more customisation bullcrap, and that was time taken out of making a decent game which is terrible now by the way. This game is the biggest let down ever.

I also keep loosing my unlocks! Even after Downloading the 2 shortcuts to dmrs & handguns they didn’t show up! if I go to the test range 1st I have a 70% chance they show up. Also would be nice if we could curb stomp campers & snipers! (Football kick)!

This whole premium concept is unfair..I paid lots of money for the game and yet not enough to get selly rewards as a full player..dlcs are also expensive..I preffere to by a new game. .and I crash all the time. .peace out

Hey dice you’ve been getting a lot of hate lately so here’s a few things I think went really well in BF4:
-Communication. You guys have been great at keeping us updated on whats going on, its always reassuring for us to know that the devs are paying attention and our voices are being heard.
-Water combat. Honestly, I think this is one of BF4′s greatest achievements, as suddenly, you’ve opened up this whole new dynamic for us that we’ve never truly experienced before. I am looking forward to naval strike, even though I can’t help but question how you managed to get it released so quickly after having stated that there would be a DLC stop.
-Map design. Without a doubt, BF4′s maps are excellent. They give good variety and are amazing for conquest. Rush is a bit worse than it has been in previous titles but I understand why its so, I just wish you guys had had more time to make it more enjoyable.
-Game modes. With the exception of defuse, and a slightly disappointing rush, you guys nailed it. Obliteration is insane and fun. CTF was the perfect thing to bring back, and Carrier Assault I have no doubt will be out of this world. I appreciate that you’ve stopped making cheesy game modes such as Tank Superiority, and well, I can forgive you for Air Superiority I guess.
-Easter eggs. They’re fun. They’re cool. They’re phantom prospects. Dinosaurs are probably the thing that ties the BF community together the most, and I love you guys for your sense of humor. I’m looking forward to dinosaur themed maps in Final Assault ;D

Thanks dice. Don’t let EA run you guys in to the ground, I love your games.

Im spewing my guts up right now at your comment lol The worst part being Dinosaurs keeping the battlefield community together…how frikken old are you ?? 10 ?? This is supposed to be a fps between army’s. Dinos do not come into this game except for pre adolescent children so go watch jurrasic park and bore off. This was a good game until children started playing it.

okay First thanks ,
second according to this :
February 18 to February 24
Shortcut Kit: Hand Guns
Battlefield 4 Premium Shortcut Kit: DMR’s ,
what s happen is i only found the hand guns kits , did not find the dmr kit ??
can any one help me ?
And as usual the repeated request :
please guys fix the bugs in the game so we can enjoy it like BF 3 ,
cheers.

Great game and asking the players if certain changes should be made is a great idea, everyone else quit complaining that your not getting what you wanted for free just be happy that they did pistols and dmrs.

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